Mission & Faith Life

Sacrament of Confirmation

Please pray for our Year 6 students who will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday 26 October 2025 at the 9:30am Mass at St Francis Xavier Parish. All are welcome.

Heavenly Father, 

God of power and of love.

We pray for all the children

who are preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

May your Holy Spirit help them to grow in faith, hope and love 

and may they come to know you as the one true God

who loves them without limit.

May their hearts welcome you gladly;

May their ears hear your voice in the scriptures;

May their eyes see you in all things;

And may they proclaim your glory 

as they walk in the ways of Jesus Christ,

our Lord and Saviour.

Amen.

Through the Sacrament of Confirmation, the students strengthen their relationship with God and become full members of the Church, deepening their commitment to living in the world with a Christ-like disposition. The sacrament continues, strengthens, confirms and celebrates the Gifts of the Holy Spirit received at Baptism - wisdom, understanding, counsel, knowledge, fortitude, piety, and fear of the Lord. 

Click here to read more about this sacrament.

Frayne House Day

On Friday 17 October, our students and staff celebrated our House Patron - Ursula Frayne. 

Originally from the Sisters of Mercy order in Dublin, Ireland, Ursula Frayne travelled to Australia in 1846 on the same boat as our College Patron Bishop Rosendo Salvado. Ursula Frayne opened the first secondary school in Western Australia - now known as Mercedes College. The word ‘mercedes’ comes from the Spanish word for mercy. 

Click here to read interesting article about Ursula Frayne and the Sisters of Mercy. 

Sporting Colours Day

Thank you to our students and staff for participating so enthusiastically in our Sporting Colours Day. Your generous donations will be used to buy some very important resources for indigenous students in the Kimberly.

Care Packages

Thank you to all of the wonderful families who have put together some very special care packages for students at John Pujajangka-Piyirn School in Mulan and Warlawurru Catholic School in Red Hill. They will be packed and sent up north next week just in time for Christmas!

Pope Leo XIV's Monthly Prayer Intention

In October , we pray for collaboration, between different religious traditions.

Let us pray that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice, and human fraternity.

Click here to pray Pope Leo’s October prayer intention with your students.